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WHO Chief Scientist: Covid vaccination is not absolute protection

Chief scientist of World Health Organisation (WHO), Dr. Soumya Swaminathan, noted that though Covid-19 vaccines may not provide absolute protection against emerging variants of the coronavirus. However, it...

August 13, 2021

ICMR Study: Mixed Covishield & Covaxin doses produce better immunity

Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) in a study found that, mixed Covid immunisation routine, with a dose of Covishield followed by one of Covaxin, is safe and...

August 9, 2021

WHO-UNICEF data on Child Vaccination

WHO & UNICEF recently released its data on Child Vaccination. As per report, India registered largest decrease in routine childhood immunization coverage in 2020. Highlights India is followed...

July 16, 2021

WHO issues recommendations on Human Genome Editing

World Health Organisation (WHO) has released two new companion reports, providing first global recommendations that will help in establishing human genome editing as a tool for public health....

July 14, 2021

WHO Report: Suicide worldwide in 2019

Suicide worldwide in 2019 report was published by World Health Organization (WHO). Key findings of report Report finds that, reducing global suicide mortality rate by a third is...

June 23, 2021

mYoga App

Prime Minister Narendra Modi launch mYoga app on the occasion of international day of Yoga and gave the mantra of “Yog se Sahyog Tak”. This app is a...

June 21, 2021

WHO Handbook on Foodborne Diseases

World Health Organization (WHO) released a handbook to assess the burden of foodborne diseases and locate data gaps which will help in strengthening health infrastructure. Foodborne Diseases Burden...

June 10, 2021

World Bicycle Day 2021

World Bicycle Day (WBD) is observed on June 3 every year with the objective of promoting health benefits of cycling among all age groups. Aim of WBD Its...

June 4, 2021

Japan pledges additional 800 mn dollars to COVAX Facility

Prime Minister of Japan, Yoshihide Suga, pledged an additional 800 million US Dollars to COVAX facility. Key Points Additional grant of 800 mn dollar to COVAX facility aims...

June 3, 2021

World No Tobacco Day

World No Tobacco Day is being observed on May 31, 2021 under the theme “Commit to Quit”.  It is observed since 1987 after member states of  World Health...

May 31, 2021

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